Thursday, July 29, 2010

Humor in Uniform - Now that I am out of it!

I have now retired from the Defence Forces and that allows me the liberty to take potshots at my previous service, though I always viewed life through the utmost magnifying glass called ‘humor’. Recently I came across the following lines, summing up the motto of the Indian Armed Forces (with all pun and fun intended) and I realized that we could apply it to almost any profession that pays. For that reason mountaineers don’t qualify. With all due respect to the Armed Forces of this world, India in particular and to all other professions that pay, here are the lines in Hindi followed by transliteration in English for my international readers. Read on and enjoy: -

Stick around you insane, leave the work to othersRemain a duffer, get paid in fullDon’t be scared of work, don’t do the workDon’t work, worry about the work and mention that you worry about the workIf you work, you will get more workIf you don’t work, then you will only get paidIf you don’t do the work, someone else will do itAnd trust me he will do it better than you

About Me

As a child, i had three wishes: to be a submariner (i did), to be a published author (i did, but won't rest till the Nobel and Booker rest on my mantle) and to be a mountaineer (still trying to fulfill this one).I am otherwise a globe trotting thrill seeker and have climbed the seven summits and skied to both the poles and then some.

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There is a drama and beauty to be found in the world’s most hard to reach places that far exceed the intensity we experience in our normal everyday lives. Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from the fact that this pure happiness is usually only achieved after suffering some great hardships. In this mechanistic modern world, our primordial instincts for survival are often left untested, driving us to seek out those places where life is still hard.